ART NOUVEAU

The unity of art and life was the expressed goal of the Art Nouveau movement, the prelude to modernity. On the basis of shared ideas its adherents strove for a homogenous style, which nonetheless took on manifold variations in its expression. Dr. Gabriele Fahr-Bec ker pursues this will to style in architecture, interior decor, furniture design, silver and goldsmithery, ceramics and glasswork, g raphic arts and painting. The author leads her readers through the diverse national variations of Art Nouveau in Europe and the Unit ed State...[Read more]